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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OIL_PRICES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-02-20-08-30-05Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark March crude was up $1.91 to $105.15 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier in the day, it rose to $105.21, the highest since May. The contract rose 93 cents to settle at $103.24 per barrel in New York on Friday.
Markets in the United States are closed Monday for the Presidents Day holiday.
Iran's oil ministry said Sunday it stopped crude shipments to British and French companies in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on Iran's crucial fuel exports. They include a freeze of the country's central bank assets and an oil embargo set to begin in July.
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Oil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply (Original Post)
xchrom
Feb 2012
OP
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. Inflationary Hostility ?
I wonder what those 15,000 troops are doing in Kuwait?
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. indeed. convenient they are there already. nt
it's not Obama's fault.
MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)4. Iran or Market Speculators gaming the system
xchrom
(108,903 posts)5. i don't know. but iran cut off shipments to britain and france. nt
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)6. They seem to have cut sales to BP, Total, and possibly Shell regardless of the destination
However, BP claims not to buy Iranian crude, and the others may not buy much.